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Ink drawing by a US soldier of an officer offering food to a thin woman with a Star of David badge

Object | Accession Number: 2002.108.1
Date
1945 April  (creation)
Geography
depiction : Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Language
English
Classification
Art
Category
Drawings
Object Type
Ink drawings (tgm)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Byrnice Dunn
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About This Object

Physical Description
The drawing depicts in black and colored ink a military officer kneeling on the ground next to a thin woman wearing a Star of David and feeding her. The caption on the back of the drawing reads: "Original pen and ink drawing from a sketch I made in Germany, April 1945 (Buchenwald Concentration Camp) CPL Frank E. Kennelly, Phila, PA, 1992- 1260th Combat Engs."
Dimensions
overall : 12.880 x 13.880 in. (32.715 x 35.255 cm.)
Contributor
Artist: Frank E. Kennelly

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Byrnice Dunn.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:14
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